2009-10-05-Halloween Guide.Pdf
2 | The Daily Titan Details of events on page 8 Halloween Guide 2009 | 3 Movie Reviews by Jonathan Montgomery Zombieland Jennifer’s Body Remember mad cow disease? What if it the movie really focuses on the character Typically, “scary” is the last word that nifer is openly, well, open); she turns into had actually escalated into a global epidem- development of lone survivors. It is ev- comes to my mind when I think of Me- some sort of boy-hating vampire, and her ic, spreading infected zombies into your eryone’s selfishness and adherence to self- gan Fox (“Transformers,” “Transformers: quest for blood begins. surrounding cities? (Yeah, zombies! Not interest that kept them alive thus far. But as Revenge of the Fallen”). Between the gruesome killings and brief those wimpy vampires that have been run- their time spent together lengthens, an im- However, “Jennifer’s Body” really pres- moments of comedic relief, the movie it- ning around lately.) minent family bond grows between them. ents her in a way I’m not accustomed to: self never really commits to either genre. Well, apparently, deceitful, young attrac- With that said, this isn’t just a sappy sto- a blood-sucking, flesh-eating, boy-killing That is not to say the movie doesn’t tive girls, a Michael Cera clone, Jesse Eisen- ry. It is still a zombie movie, and it follows kind of gal. shine in either respects. berg, a Twinkie-obesessed Woody Harrel- most of the zombie film rules. Similar to Directed by Karyn Kusama (“Aeon Diablo Cody delivers some expected son and Bill Murray would be among the “Shaun of the Dead,” the movie is hilari- Flux”) and written by Diablo Cody clever one-liners and memorable quirky survivors.
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